Improvement in umbrellas and parasols



GEORGE H. GOSSIP.

Improvement in Umbrellas and Parasdls.

No. 122,453. Patentedlan.2,1872.

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GEORGE HATFIELD GOSSIP, OF HAGGERSTONE, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN UM BRELLAS ANDPARASOLS.

SPECIFICATION.

I,'GEORGE HATFIELD Gossrr, of Haggerstone, in the county of Middlesex,.England, have invented certain Improvements in Umbrellas and Parasols, of which the following 4 is a full and clear description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing which forms a portion of this specification: 1

My said invention consists in certain arrange ments in the manufacture of umbrellas and parasols, by means of which such articles are strengthened and rendered incapable of being turned inside out by the violence of the wind, an incident to which umbrellas and parasols as ordinarily constructed are liable.

This result is obtained by sewing or otherwise attaching to the inside or outside of the .material of which the covering of the umbrella or parasol is formed, a band of strong tape, rib- Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,453, dated January 2, 1872.

be securely fastened. Any number of bands may be, so used, the same being placed concentrically at any desired distance from each other. A degree of rigidity and firmness is thus imparted to the umbrella or parasol which insures the advantage aforementioned being obtained.

In cases in which the covering of the umbrella or parasol is taken down to the extreme end of the ribs and carried from one to the other in a straight line without being arched or curved the band or the lower band of the series must be placed at the extreme edge of the covering.

I claim as my invention- The staying-band 0r bands (1, running in straight lines from rib to rib of umbrellas or parasols, and combined with saidiribs and with the covering of the same, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

GEO. HATFIELD GOSSIP.

hon, cord, thread or other suitable material, A V

a, the same being placed across each gore b from rib'to rib in a straight line, and thus forming a polygonal figure. The band may be placed under or over the ribs, or may be passed around the same, and to which it should Witnesses R. S. MORDAUNT VAUGHAN,

54 Chancery Lane.

W. S. WYNN,

24 Royal-Exchange, London. 

